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  Elsie Okpocha, wife of popular Nigerian comedian, Bright Okpocha, popularly known as Basketmouth, has called out President Muhammadu Buhari’s government over the increment in prices of groceries and foodstuffs. Basketmouth’s wife, in a recent post, said it’s unfair that Nigerians have to constantly deal with the regular increase in prices. According to her, it’s getting ‘crazier trying to survive in the ‘Giant of Africa’. She urged the Buhari-led government to help Nigerians by making life livable. On her Instagram story, she wrote: “Our dear government, do you want us all to leave this country for you. “It’s unfair how we constantly have to deal with the regular price increment of foodstuffs and groceries. “It’s getting crazier trying to survive in this country that’s supposed to be the giant of Africa. “Abeg you people should help us and make life in Nigeria livable .”  gathered that the prices of foodstuffs in the past few months have continued to increase in ...

  Popular Nollywood actress and producer, Toyin Abraham has opened up on life challenges that led to her rediscovering herself. Toyin in an interview with media personality, Chude Jideonwo, said she fell into depression sometime in her life and had to seek the help of a counsellor. Recounting her experience, Toyin revealed that being depressed made her abandon her family and led her into smoking cigarettes which is unacceptable in her Christian home. The 39-year-old actress said, “At some time in my life my manager had to get me a counsellor because I was depressed but lived in denial. I was not happy and very scared of life. “It was that bad that I thought of swimming or jumping from the third mainland bridge and hoping someone will save me. “I confided in people and they used it against me, I had fear of the unknown, my thought filled with negative things. “It was hard for me to trust people then because the people I had around me didn’t know how to keep things secret....

  Popular Comedian, Ayodeji Makun, also known as AY, has welcomed his second child after thirteen years. He announced this in a video shared on his Instagram page. The birth of their second child is coming thirteen years after they had their first child, Michelle. Alongside a video, AY wrote: “Our prayers in the last thirteen years has been answered. Ayomide, thank you for making Mabel and I ‘Mummy and Daddy’ again.   “Thank you for making Michelle a big sister. Thanks to everyone who kept us in their prayers and never stopped feeding us with positive vibes. “Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding. In all your ways submit to him and he will make your path straight. “God’s time is the best.”

  Jackson Ude, a former Director of Strategy and Communications under President Goodluck Jonathan, has accused Popular musician Duncan Mighty of fraud. Ude in a tweet on his Twitter page alleged that Duncan Mighty failed to perform at a show after he was paid N3 million and N630.000.00 for flight tickets. He said the self-acclaimed Port Harcourt First Son lied he was involved in an accident and was notorious for collecting money from show promoters and not showing up. Recall that on January 2nd, the River State-born claimed he was involved in an accident while travelling to Uyo, Akwa Ibom State. He had claimed the vehicle drove straight into the river after a failed brake. But, Ude urged the Singer to return his money and avoid his trouble. He wrote, “I paid Duncan Mighty N3million for Nkporo Youths Unity Concert that held December 30, 2021, and an additional N630k for flight tickets. He didn’t show up for the concert. Next, I heard was a picture of him wrapped in ban...

  Nigerian Music producer, Samklef has claimed that a lot of young Nigerians “are into ritual” because of what they see in Nollywood movies. Samklef alleged that Nollywood promotes “fetish stuff in all their movies”. The music producer further advised Nollywood to have better scripts, adding that everything is not “religion or juju”. His tweets read, “These Igbo Nollywood, English and Yoruba movies are the reason why a lot of young boys are doing rituals. They keep promoting fetish stuff in all their movies. “Nigerian movies producer can do better. Everything must not be based on juju and religion.” Recently, there have been reports of young men using human parts of women for money rituals.

  Billionaire Nigerian businessman, Obi Iyiegbu, also known as Obi Cubana, has said he has no interest in politics or running for governorship. Obi Cubana said this on Saturday during Instagram live with Daddy Freeze. When asked if he has any ambition for politics, Cubana said: “I have zero interest in politics. I don’t have ambition to be a governor or anything, I just like being my brother’s keeper. “All I like to do is give and help people and that’s enough for me. “I am the Governor of Cubana empire. That’s enough for me, let’s leave politics.” When asked who he’ll endorse for presidency in 2023, Obi Cubana said he does not like to disclose that in public as his vote is personal and he wouldn’t like to influence others’s choice. “I have just one vote and who I’ll give it to is a personal choice, the public does not need to know. “I don’t even interfere in my staff’s vote because it’s a personal electoral choice,” Cubana said. Obi Cubana became popular in 2021 duri...

  Maverick singer and activist, Charly Boy, has been dragged over the role he played during Eedris Abdulkareem’s clash with 50 Cent in 2004. Recall that 50 Cent in 2004 visited Nigeria alongside his crew for a four-city concert tagged ‘Star Mega Jams’. But the event was marred with heated controversies after Eedris Abdulkareem and 50 Cent fell out which forced the US rapper and his team to leave Nigeria. Charly Boy, commenting on the incident in a recent post on Instagram claimed he played a pivotal role when the incident broke out and chased 50 Cent out of Nigeria for beating Eedris Abdulkareem who he later described as an “ungrateful son. He wrote “The people wey know dis story go tell you say, after I show 50 Cent’s people craze, I made dem leave Nigeria that day back to the states, forgetting the rest of their Nigerian tour. “For beating my ungrateful son Eedris I drove them back to America. Nigerian Breweries head scatter, them come arrange package the IG of poli...